The Ultimate List of Best 30 Free Educational Video Sites

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When I began homeschooling (29 years ago) I purchased a few VHS videos by National Geographic to add to my resources. That was about all that was available. Now there is a plethora of educational videos available online FREE! Below is an alphabetical list to the amazing amount of educational learning videos available for homeschool moms and other teachers.

Some topics are just learned better by video. On the anniversary of 9/11 we watched a few documentaries of the tragedy. There is absolutely nothing I could have read from any book that would have been as moving as was the actual footage of the World Trade Center attack.

Disclaimer: I created this list to have quick bookmark access to learning tools as I prepare homeschool lessons. I have not seen all the content. Be sure to view videos to see if they are appropriate for your homeschool.

Free Educational Video Libraries

Academic Earth: First collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities, a smorgasbord of online course content—from prestigious universities such as Stanford and Princeton—accessible and free to anyone in the world.

Brightstorm: Over 3,500 HD videos and sample problems that cover every subject in high school. You can even get expert help to study for the SAT, ACT, and AP tests. All Brightstorm teachers are highly entertaining and extremely effective at making difficult concepts easy to understand.

CosmoLearning: CosmoLearning (CL) is an educational website committed to improving the quality of home-schooling, teaching and student excellence. Designed for educators and self-learners, organized according to traditional curriculum standards, CosmoLearning provides courses, video lectures, documentaries, images, books and other multimedia in dozens of subjects.

Coursera: Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. Videos are based on proven teaching methods verified by top researchers.

Documentary Log: Documentary-Log.com was founded by fans of documentaries. There are thousands (if not millions) of movie and TV sites out there—allowing you to discuss, watch TV. See more at: http://www.documentary-log.com/about/#sthash.XmgWzovl.dpuf

Futures Channel: I love this concept! When your students ask the inevitable question, “When would I ever use this?” answer it with a micro-documentary from the largest STEM video library of its kind—The Futures Channel. The Futures Channel partners with schools around the country as well as a wide range of publishers, science centers, professional development service providers, websites and more to provide high quality real-world digital content to enhance their education offerings and objectives.

Hulu: Hulu is a website and over-the-top subscription service offering ad-supported on-demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, webisodes and other new media, trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes footage www.hulu.com | Also see: PBS, National Geographic

Internet Archive: This library contains digital movies uploaded by Internet Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

iTunes U: The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools—plus the world’s largest digital catalog of free education content.

Khan Academy: The Khan library of content covers math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history.

Learner.org: .Learner.org’s mission is to advance excellent teaching in American schools through the development and distribution of multimedia resources for teaching and learning. We are a division of the Annenberg Foundation Includes over 1500 videos are on learner.org for K-12 . Ad free. Also includes online textbooks. The Videoes on Demand play in either Flash or .mp4 format

MIT Video: Guide to more than 11,000 interesting MIT videos and lectures.The MIT Video website aggregates and curates video produced by the Institute’s offices, laboratories, centers and administration. This includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more.

MIT Tech TV: MIT Tech TV is the video-sharing site for the MIT community. It supports the community through the aggregation and distribution of science, engineering, technology, and a lot more MIT-related videos on the web.

NeoK12: Learn about science, math, social studies and English with interesting videos, quiz games, interactive diagrams, activities and presentations for kids at NeoK12.

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ResearchChannel3,500 videos from distinguished researchers and scholars. YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.

PBS: Free videos from your favorite PBS programs, including NOVA and Frontline. PBS video content is brought to you through on-demand streaming. All you need is a reliable Internet connection, and you’ll be able to enjoy hundreds of hours of content. And best of all—it’s free!

SchoolTubeVideo sharing platform for schools featuring original content created by students. SchoolTube.com is the nation’s largest K-12 moderated video sharing platform, specifically designed for students and educators—exclusively endorsed by over twenty national education associations.

SchoolsWorld is a brand-new, multimedia platform, providing innovative and informative content for everyone involved with or wanting to be involved in schools. Besides all the content from Teachers TV, there is something for everyone: videos, interactive games, work sheets, fact sheets, information and latest education news. There are also opportunities to get involved in great competitions and daily polls.

TeacherTubeOnline aggregator of educational videos. Their goal is to provide an online community for sharing an educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.

TED: Fascinating presentations by the world’s leading thinkers and doers. TED is owned by a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation with an agenda is to make great ideas accessible and to spark conversation.

Videojug: With the catchline “get good at life,” Videojug is a website stocked with thousands of videos, articles and answers, with advice on just about everything.

WatchKnowLearnComprehensive online directory of educational videos aggregated from across the Web.

WonderHowTo: WonderHowTo provides more than 170,000 how-to videos and articles from more than 17,000 specialized creators, spanning thirty-five vertical categories and 424 sub-categories. They seek to empower an intellectually curious community.

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BrainPOPBrainPOP is the leading producer of animated educational movies for grades 3–12. With more than one million new viewers each month, BrainPOP offers curriculum-based content in the areas of Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology. Some free videos are available but a subscription is required for full access.

The Homeschool with Movies Facebook group is for those wanting to teach or enhance lessons with movies or videos online or TV. This is a Christian group. Created to share educational movies, documentaries, programming and lesson plans. Join here.

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